Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
NONGPOH: The ongoing construction of the four lane Jorabat-Umiam road in Ri-Bhoi district undertaken by the Ramky Infrastructure Pvt Ltd is posing a serious threat to the local residents of 20 Mile. The company is dumping waste soil in public areas as a result of which a small drain has …
Vishwa Vijay Singh, Congress candidate from the Sahjanwa constituency in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, knows little about politics. Associated with the party for only one year, Singh is the face of a campaign to save the Ami river from pollution — a river on which 250 villages are dependent …
New Delhi: Four years after Master Plan Delhi (MPD) 2021 was implemented, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to carry out a sealing drive against 190 units in industrial areas like Wazirpur and Seemapur Badli. But the political wing of MCD is crying foul …
The steel city will soon grow a green lung out of industrial waste with the forest department taking the first step on Statehood Day. The department, which is planning an eco-restoration and reclamation drive, kicked off a plantation programme at Jugsalai muckdump on Tuesday. The aim is to study and …
Another vital water body seems to be on the verge of extinction despite strict guidelines by the High Court to the BBMP to conserve them. Giddanakere, also known as Hoodikere, has been a victim of BBMP’s apathetic attitude. Located in the KR Puram zone of the Palike, the lake was …
AHMEDABAD: The data of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) show that Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh contribute to around 80 per cent of hazardous waste including heavy metals in the country. This was stated by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in an official release. The ministry further …
The death toll from Thailand's worst floods in decades jumped above 500 on Sunday as the seemingly unstoppable waters crept deeper into Bangkok, swamping main roads and threatening the city centre. The government said the disaster has now killed 506 people nationwide — an increase of 60 from the figure …
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) environment cell on Wednesday issued notices to Nikki Gears, an industrial firm in Bhosari, for burning industrial waste in the open. The civic body will send the report to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to enable them to file a criminal case against …
A number of edible oil refineries have been established in the vicinity of Kakinada port during the past decade, generating employment in the port town and stimulating economic growth, but there are complaints from the public that the managements of the private refineries are not taking steps to mitigate or …
The world is undergoing a phenomenally fast wave of urban growth. Research that can help tackle some of the ensuing problems is likely to originate in cities themselves. (Editorial)
Kolkata, 28 Oct: Facing a mounting threat from pollution, the state government has constituted several committees to explore the need to frame a new environment policy. On the one hand, the state government is grappling with the health hazards caused to the people by sponge iron industries and on the …
ANGUL: Leakage of ash from Nalco’s pond number two on Monday night created quite a flutter among the villagers. The ash water leaked from the pond and flowed into the Nandira rivulet before it was arrested by Nalco authorities on Tuesday morning. There was leakage from three spots, company sources …
Apart from destroying over 38,000 trees and affecting 1.26 lakh trees, as many as 50 families in Talain village will be displaced permanently by the controversial Lafarge cement plant being set up in the Alsindi-Ghanghar belt in Karsog subdivision in this district. The cement plant will spell doom for the …
Bhubaneswar: The National Aluminium Company on Sunday clarified that as there is no paddy field in the vicinity, there is no question of inundation of any paddy field with the ash water. The company, in a release said that the photograph published in the media was taken from another pipeline, …
The Supreme Court (SC) was informed that the federal government has released Rs1.3 billion for Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD-II) project. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Pervaiz, heard a suo motu case in …
But maintains it is treated before being supplied to City The river course and the inlet to Thippagondanahalli (TG Halli) reservoir is polluted and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) does not deny this fact. Despite forming various committees including the one headed by Dr Rajendra Singh, water conservationist …
New Delhi: After Durga was immersed with festive fervour, devotees bent their heads reverentially for the sprinkling of ‘holy water’. But they were in fact breathing stench and getting sprayed with drain water. The Yamuna seemed like a dirty nullah choked and frothing with filth and scum. And what’s shocking, …
There appears to be no end in sight for the pollution problems created by the textile processing and tannery units for the beleaguered farming community in Erode district. The textile and leather processing units, which had avoided the discharge of untreated effluents following strict monitoring from the administration till a …
Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) Chairman K S Pannu in a press statement on Sunday claimed that following the stringent directions by the board that came with warnings of strict action in case of non-compliance, electroplating units in Ludhiana and Jalandhar had started sending industrial waste to the tune of …
In an effort to check pollution, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has ordered closure of eight electroplating units in Jalandhar for discharging effluents into the sewerage system, the PPCB Chairman, Mr K.S. Pannu, said here today. The board had also conducted raids on 41 such industries at Ludhiana and …
